@article{ref1,
title="Substance abuse among migrant workers of Thai-Laos border, Thailand",
journal="Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand",
year="2012",
author="Jaichuang, Siriluk and Ratanasiri, Amornrat and Kanato, Manop",
volume="95",
number="9",
pages="1219-1224",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Study the impact of substance abuse among migrant workers along the Thai-Laos border region in Nakhon Phanom Province. MATERIAL AND METHOD: The target population included migrant workers aged 15 years and over and were selected using the snowball technique. Data were collected from 300 migrant workers and in-depth interviews and focus group discussion were carried out. Data analysis used content analysis, descriptive statistics, and multivariate logistic regression. RESULTS: Fifty-five point seven percent of migrant workers used stimulants namely tobacco, energy drinks, coffee, and methamphetamine. Males were at greater risk for substance abuse than females (AOR 16.03; 95% CI 8.43-30.45) and those who received news and information from community radios and news broadcasting towers were at more risk than other media (AOR 5.38; 95% CI 2.88-10.05). The impact of substance abuse were found to be chronic cough, moodiness, lack of interest in food, headache, wakefulness, sleeplessness, tremor heart palpitation, and accidents. CONCLUSION: Health promotion strategy must be implemented to minimize the harm. Motivating behavioral modification while keeping in mind the lifestyle, work, and environment of these people could help.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0125-2208",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}